External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124787	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84667	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85937	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76440
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79360	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79499	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73595	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85416
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84689	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85826	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86017	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85569
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86226	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85942	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85916	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84169
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88011	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88478	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88098	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95242
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92133	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89694	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88432	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86356
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84255	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107351

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease